Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 December 2013
239. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of job losses or forecasted job losses announced over the past 12 months in the manufacturing and financial services sectors of the economy. [52763/13]
View answerThe Forfás Annual Employment Survey provides an analysis of employment trends and levels in Industrial and Services companies under the remit of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and Údarás na Gaeltachta. This research also gives details of job losses and job gains. This work is undertaken on a calendar year basis and the survey to identify outcomes for 2013 will be undertaken early next year. Net job gains have been forecasted for both the Manufacturing and Financial Services sectors in two recent relevant Government Strategies.
In the case of Manufacturing, Forfás published a Strategy for the Manufacturing Sector earlier this year - entitled Making it in Ireland: Manufacturing to 2020 - which includes a target to create an additional 20,000 jobs in the sector by 2016. A range of initiatives are in hand by my Department and relevant Agencies to drive this target. With regard to the Financial Services Sector, the Strategy for the International Financial Services Industry in Ireland, was published by the Department of the Taoiseach in 2011. The Strategy sets an objective to increase employment in this sector by 10,000 by 2016 and a range of measures are proposed. Implementation of that Strategy is being driven by the IFSC Clearing House Group, which operates under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach.
